A talk show by students of a Chennai school
The Hindu
They got to pick the brains of two youngsters who are on an all-India cycling expedition. Students of Sathyabhama College also got to meet the duo
The interact club of Ganapathy Iyer Girls high school in Chennai and Rotractors of Sathyabhama College were in for a rare treat. The Parent Club Rotary Club of Madras Temple city had arranged a session for them to meet two young Rotractors Dhanush M ( 24) and Hemanth YB -( 23) who had started a cycling expedition across India in an attempt to create a new Guinness World Record, Both are B Com graduates, working with the Government Health Department and as a farmer respectively.
Their idea was to cover 24,000 km covering 24 states and 4 Union Territories of India within 240 days with 21 days of complete rest . Once completed, this would qualify for Guinness world record of longest journey by cycle in a single country, the previous being 19000 km . They were both carrying 40 kg each in their haversacks for the entire Journey .
Carrying with them the Rotary message of global warming , Literacy. And women Empowerment, the boys met and interacted with 220+ Rotary clubs and 160+ Rotaract clubs till now. In addition, they have met Chief Ministers / Governors of 5 states.
Reaching Chennai from Pondicherry - they had clocked 23600km . The last leg was to cover Vellore- Kolar - and reach Bangalore
Hemanth and Dhanush walked in to the school to a hero’s welcome - the excited students could not stop clapping.
Student Krithikka asked them about the inspiration for this quest. It was undoubtedly the global warming and the need for people to go back to simpler lives , and stay more connected with nature. And what better way than to cycle .
To Bhargavi’s question on travel during Covid - they shared that they were mostly unaffected by the COVID issues as most of the country was on the mend except probably in Kerala and parts of north east. The floods in Assam did affect them though and it was challenging to compete the daily target of 110 kms .
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